Print Description
(‘Birth of Hercules’), showing Alcmene who just gave birth on the right. She is surrounded by Hermes, and several other figures. The central figure in the print is Hercules himself, wearing the pel of the Nemean lion and leaning on his club. To the left Mercury brings the infant Hercules to Zeus.
Made by Francesco Rastaini after Vincenzo Dolcibene.
Medium: Etching / engraving. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 52.9 x 36 cm (20.83 x 14.17 inch). Image size: 49 x 31 cm. (19.29 x 12.2 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
HERCULES-BIRTH-ALCEMENE-ZEUS-HERMES | DPO-PCO-B1-38
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in a series of similar prints, ca. 1780 (estimate). Exact source unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Francesco Rastaini (1750-?) was an Italian engraver. Vincenzo Dolcibene (c. 1746-1820) was an Italian painter/draughtsman and printmaker.
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